In my article, it talks a lot about something called a "Nuer". A Nuer is a type of ethnic group found predominantly in the newly independant region of Southern Sudan. Nuer's are darker skinned than the northern peoples and easily recognized. The Nuer's are often discriminated against if they live in the north and treated like second-class citizens.
Mary, the subject in my article has only one profitable skill and that is making and selling alchohol illegally. She uses a big plastic jug and a soda bottles to brew it. She has been caught multiple times and has recieved countless whippings as punishment.
Dual citizenship is important in this reading. It means that Mary cannot be a citizen of both Sudan and Southern Sudan. Which leaves her to choose between a underdeveloped and dangerous South Sudan or a discriminating, unjust Sudan.
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